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VOL. XII.

"J?-"—. - J y, : J'V 1 . 1 . ^ "v" ^ r ) -- CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, JSUii.

NO. .601.

®iw fart's Corner. Cam There Be Harm in Kissing Tl« valm klM tit pebbly shore, Th« wind* all klaa the hills i Th# nnWiki k.u Ik* tulip bail Far the odor R distills. Th. «** drop. kit. Ih. ro#« at mom, Th* arree* a* at PTO, Aad fern and dowera la circling claap Th.lt mystic baaullra wane*. Th*" moonbeam, klaa th. rlnoda at ai|hl. AM kissing oa th* lea Th. sepOya klaa th. hloahla* plak II. ruby naetnie .1 p. Tha wind., Ik* a.m. th. boddla* Sown, Th. lau* kin*, marrjr rill.. An klantn* all Irom mora to an, Aad aloud* allll kin* UaJUin. r*n boa too aad aarth do ai**t to kl.a. Through tear, of apart Ua* dew; la klaa la*, than, .an that, bo harm I Indian Summer. Junt aft.r Ih* death of th* lower*, Aad bofot* they an batted In .now, Tt.ro aom*. la a faaUtal tea ton, Wh.n aatan la all agiowA glow with mystical apleodor That rt.ala Ih* b right*. ta of Aprte* ; Aglow with a etew mora ttadtr Than aught wkiah fair turn roar could bring. Aom* apirtt akin ta th* ralabnw 1 h.a boaaowa II* magical dyaa, Aad maalln Ih* far .loading laadacapa la how that btwlldar th* eyes, ■ Th* aoa, bom hi* tloud-pUlowrd cham bar. tmllw toft on a rlaloa ao g*7. And dn.ni that hit fa.orita ahUdien, Th* Sevan, hat a not yet patted away. ^isfrtlantons.

(From tha Philadelphia laturday Wight ) SHADOWS U THE HOSPITAL. »r a alt a a. towxakbd, a. o. , Th* clot* of a baaatiful Octdbof day crifcsacad all lb* collrga window. pan*., ■■til ttoy vied la brilliancy ■ itb tfaa bright led and yellow foliage, which *w*pt »<■ ■alMy Bgeiuet them. Th* tollegt a*«*itm had hat J tat eaamaaatd, aad tha iteirwhysaud doorway* vara Blltd with groaps of alodaal* quietly conversing oa days paat, aad aaxioaalj aeatoing Utoda tu aoai*. Tha collag* waa fall of thadowt. Tha canal a*, tha wisdne-eaabef, the baif-apened daora, aad th* (todtate, nam waird aad half-fornnd tmngery ap the Main, and lata all tha dark aagloa aad leraiaga, aatil it Beamed a* if in iladaota •ha weragsl prasaat in body, had aaat dark ihuotr* to ttinonac* their eemlBg At Iht twilight 'deepened, tha itadaau Taalahtd, aad with than th* *h*doat. A graap af ihraa remaned. Tha laat s#*aioi. had ailaaaaad lhair (radiation, bat recalving oitctiea at clialaat aid*, all had determined la forther pttfeet thnaaaelrai by attending ta a third aoarM. Tbry lapreheated wid*ly different leetiom ol can try. bat a* afMiatta hnpptna, Ibaii difference ai clinate tad taale bad oely broegbl than elotm r logalbtr. Oaa »pohr af tha foreM* of Main*, another ol thr * rioorowamp* af U not gin, aad a third af the wealth-glving mine* of a diataat El D;rm do. Th*y alood ia tha doorway aad cot had oaa akadow, aad that foil dinctly in froat af (ban. A* thay qalolly ehaUod, aaolhar thaduw eieaaaii their own, aau Ml man tall waa iu otovieg , than a v.ice which arid, "Will tha dactor coma U Oiareece?" "Cartaialy," replied oa* of than, "i» hewn**.?" "I Vhaak ao, ab," amid tha taat* soft vote#. Tha five wral ap tha eolfoge itepe, tbr ■a thai, tha thraa doctor*, aad a so looy •hadmar r*U*ariag altar. Thraagh the doorway laacUag lata tb# ooBagw-hoopflal, aad ap iota the women a ward, and ahanc* ta tha aid# of a law Iran hadgtaad, am* tha remaining part or th» root#. Tha window* wara alt Ik row* apaa, Aad a (otdwa sly, a hramlh af triad, aad a boat 'row (ha gloat cSj, aoa* in to g are cariaariy apaa a dyiaj boy. The lifo «»tnat had tent it* baaodiag farca, aad aaw raa thtangh litila arritU aad um. pla* lika a *iaw draaa thread. 8i* *ya* wara gtaaad, aad hbpria had l.ft him— It wan eaefoes to aaad for th* gergaoa, ha had all aid j parfurand hi* park bat a greater Phyekios aaw gt nat i« tacood bfcexertinn.. lUoaoaia ominous Th* yaaaginlwat it mnid aot a aard. aad Ah* madMr w^fo«ia^hjlh.ahad*W- , lHemm. aad an* thaaa hramflaroed reTha, cWed *• form.ro .ad pUyri ... aadw tha haraaa' haafo. a* (hay moat lhair aarar-aediag mil ia tha nog .p.. th. tbreAng-g rawwd. Th. yrifc. ssisrtrsjsse aaw pfoaig af ihadaaa. hat (hay was ad

'create, a rath for tha bora**' head-, and a I itt I* fignr* all roiled aad bloody, litn corled ap *a th* dotty grata. Then fuh I low ahtdowg cnat by a eonolry doctor end hit two-wheeled gig. There'* a ebqiluw on bit live aa be luuka at Ih* mangled «rm, tad **y» h* foara to perform an operalioo wbar* death arold to roon f U'uw. lilt h* apeak* of a distant surgeon io a Inr off city, white tkall bad traveled o.*r all th* land. Could be be reached there might b* bop*, aad the abtdowt in tbe c ay cauntry farwhooee **em ta brighten, i Tkare'a aot mooey ia tan family to brio; I thn inrgeon to far nnay from bin home, but (ha poor can aeeur* io hi* owo city j hi* Nreien for aoaght. | Day. nod oigku ia hot and duaty car. ! rack tha fmme of lb* littl* aufferer, nnii ' bring th* hectic fluata to hi* pallid ch**ka. Bat he is uooomplaiuing for mother'* < -nke, and alranga facet bead orer hint in nit joaroey, and call him "littl* mao," and aay "Uod help yon." Th* shadows o*r«r *e*m*d *o light *iac* th* nocidaol, as when th* coadoctor call* out"W»tt Philadelphia," and ttodar bnndt lay tbe littl* **ff*r«r ia a *oft, eaay cob, aad codr*y bim to lb* college boepilal. It dooaa't darken (be akadow* ia th* lea.t abac the aurgeoD come* ia and any* tba chances ara Again. I tba littl* fellow, bol ha may ■ata him. Hop* baa b**o more than fal6 1 ted that he hat wilbatood th* joornty. ■ad a*w th* bailie leein* hair roughl. "Kit* m», ma," aad "good-by, doelarf," brank* lb* *p*II. The fooniaioa of a mother'* heart are aalooiad. Bb* h*a not «hed a tear eloca th* day when *br irei rootly glanced id at a green b*lxe door, •nd *aw foar knadrad atraag* far** gaging onmoT.d opoo the ibrg.oo, a* be move to help caior* io itTiog bit yooag paiient'a III*. 8e wrapped up wa* the iu tb* opertlioa, that when tha applaota greeted the •urgeoa'a apparently aacceaafnl effort, the too clappad bar hand* io uuktrowiog ap praeal. Eeta tha aaaiilant*, ot.U to , d*atb and differing, feel carioa* aearmlionc aboat tba eyelid*, aad strive hard to k**p back Iks 'lowly coming U*^ They think of loved oa** at borne, and tremble led they too tboald now lay motion!*'* on death'* bid. Tba mother follow* ham* ■ •badow which abmll eaa** tear* to trickle i Joan aa old brooard face, wbeo bo b#ere I that tba boy ba loved ao well hat gone i from earth amid th* atraogn facet of a dit I Unt city. i North, Soath and Wail, bow !o thai • lowly aaalara room to Death'* raprtmacy. I Tha pallret* ia the neighboring bcdi, poor I nod laparatilioa*, draw th* covailidt over I their ayaa, aad grow oirvoo* ia tha dark- < oea*. Th* atadeaU aa* powarle** ta do I more, aad go home, wkilt a mother almoit < b«*rl-broken,koe.l« io Lhedarkne.i *m*ug < tb* ft»dcw», Biking tha great Ralar for < •treagth and comfort, and that ho may < •ilvar the dark clood* which oow envelop '

H h,r" , Th* aighl paaaev, aad lb* morning break, bright aad clnnr. A bowed bean I follow* a littl* piaa coffin down th* *Up* aad into a carriage, and Ufa and death j alike take puing* for tbe far-off Wait. • Whwt it an Old Slald. ' Ntvtr he nfrnid "of iMtomtag ad old ' moid, foir readnr. Aa aid mnid ia for mora boaoreblt than a heart!*** wif* ; 1 and "ainglablena.de***" ia greatly tope. ■ rior, ia point of happin***, to a*dd»d lifa • witkoat Inv*. "Pali not ia lov*, d**r • gifto— beware !" lay. tb* aoag. But w» ' do not agree with laid long oo Iki* qu*a. ' lioa. Oa tha eoatrery, w* bold that it i* * good thiag to foil Id loaaorgai ia ' love, if th* loved object b* a worthy one. To fall la Iota with an honorable mao i. 1 a* proper aa it I* for ao honorable man ta foil ia lov* with a virtaoa* aad amiable ' * nmaa ; aad wh*v cerid ba a sore grati. I fyiog *peotaria tkaa a eight ao pore, ao Appraachiag io ite dtvutioa to th* eeW ' Hal? No; foil ia lova ** aooa aa yoa 1 lika, provided it b* with a aaitabl* par- ' aoa. Pall ia love, *ad than merry ; bat ' eever many anlcu yon do foee. That'. 1 th* great poio'. Never marry for a. "hoaao" or a "ha»b»ad." Navar degrade » yoartelf by bacomiog a party to *arh an ' alliaae*. Navar aall yaareelf, body aad r aoal, oa trim ao cootamptibl*. Love - JigaiBa* all thiag* ; U •* noble* all eoadi- ' lioa*. With, lova tba marriage riu i» traly a *acram*al. Witkaot It, tha oara- ' moay it a b**w.fretid, aad tb* act t ha1 mao denvcrntron. Marry for lova, or aot 1 at all. Ba "aa aid maid," ir fortaa* 1 throw* aot la yoor way tba maa of yoar heart ; aad, Ikaagh th* wHInaa may .near aad tha }a*l*r may taagk, yoa wtllT hare yoar reward la aa approving eoMeiaaca, ■ad a eamparalivvly paaevfol lib. Fo. wall to da aid bachelor* we her* ao rya pa thy- Taay ought to ha foxtd nine Irath* ef nil thay ara worth •» toppon womee ehSeMldree.— Mhrewefoyanri Veer. ^ - "What'* ia Ua wfod?" ukri Jaoaa of Brooooa, faring a Miff aorUwaetar."Prik aaadfoa, .real llugv. ami polv.riaad ioo a ad giaaiu, Iikarii noy" rv- ■ -"Mr. White, will yon h... tb.kreu- | maa|MSigi" v • ' •

I A hood Humored Story About i i High Priccn and Vhr Remedy. 1 i A npicy letter pobtiAhed io aMaKarliw- < i nettf p* pet— The Northampton OatHIt— . I I reeilei the cnu.et of th* preeeol high I pricea, nod eonlniot name Aoggmtion. for I . ■ remedy. Thn writer think* tha pnr- I i cbuiag ciimmaiMty in too patient ; it »ob- > miti eitkout a grumble tn outregeou. c be fleeced on groondl*.* end .bnllow pre. . leoce*. During th# war. be mUe, our ' people bertinn babilueled to a very iu- i da led kind uf erilhrnvtir, end lost their t eentitivpoev* to high price*. Uete* er. c k.-pt op after *11 good raauiovhavacrgaed; everything goea up wilh Cold, slid no. j > thing comet doao with it ; nod "th* nine t digit* have ceased to have vigniflcance t i lowed by li*lf a doten cipher*." . 1 Speculation ia oo* ctuie of high prices. ' ' Th* wires, *aya this writer, are foirly cor- ' rodad with blistering lie* about eotton, wh*at, flour, coul, butter, fruit* and near- ' ly ctary article euanlial to humno life or 1 it* eodoranc*. Th* prlco of floor has 1 be*o eobaoced *11 Summer by.Muucbau- 1 ■on report* of too much bent, aid too 1 much (old— bo *ic*u of ruio bar* uod a < lack of rnia there — * alorih in on* place ' fond a tornado in another. Every littl* fact of local application bo* been oaried c into n gigantic fiction of anivereal ap- ' ' plication. Each in it* turn baa fleeced ' tb* commonity, and fattened th* *p«calaA« with these nrticl**, so with cotton, I coal, menu and ten*. 1 Now what shall oooinmer* do by way * of **lf-prote«tioo ? Adopt lb* followiog ' suggestiou* : " "1. Fraclice temporary self-dcaial. — For instance, if tea i* made th* sibjeel ataller of. *xtortion, let tea aloo*. Uor i graoduolber'* in '76 let it alone naverely to avoid a duty of tbr** ceal* a pound ; ceu't we be a* b«teic *wo»oid an axterlioa of flffy-aigbt e»»t« a pforati 7 So ol . •ay articl* 'held for a rixa.V^Lol it be h*ld autil the interest on it* coal, or ite owo periahabU nature, ba* atoued for tb* . intended outrage. I.*t graia beat, let frail tot, let batter tarn rancid, 'let moth end rust corrupt,' until financial guerilla* ( learned that ao indignant public i> a not going to be 'led lik* a, lamb to the slaughter. ' (Of cvnrve oo raforanc* i> i mad* to legitimate trad* or reason*, ble profit. Traffic ia buaurable a bi n kaoorably couducted. Tb* rtf* *aca is aniy to tho*a casas where th* rin* ia ( ia enpeolrd to com# purely Irom a combined holding, and not from oaterel f causa*. Nor in any imputntioa Inlandid ba coot upon eouatry ararchaoti a* n clan. Tha miocbief gaoerally originates bock of ik«m aid farther off. But tf they q

akould have to luffar Ikiougb tha proK pored remedy for tha *in* of other*, thay 3 would oely be oo a par with lb* rati ol * iht community.) a "W* ore tpl lo think that this articl* ar that articl* la iadinpaanble. Nothing it iadupaoaaLl* but air and eter; these thank Uod, cannot b* -krld for * rita.'— " Saaia kind af food it ioditpenaabi*, but no oaa klad if to. For every aremieg vteao lul ihara i* a substitute. Uood brand eaa ba made of core aa wall oa of r wheat or rya, aad lb* amoeot of tba for- ( mar ooasi to ba fortbeomiog ii inexhtuttibl*, aad bayoad the graap of monopoly. , If men'* are high, torn vagemrno, or , make evory day la tb* o**k n Catholic Friday. If thn price of n subitum# is | entranced by th* inctgnred demand, no ( matter. Th* commonitv will b« no wore* , , off thna before, end persistence in tbe one . of tb* aabMitut* will (ooo make Ibt orig- , , iool article avaiUbl* at a reasonable , pric*. Then thn price of tbe lubetitule j t will com* down of iteelf. To to sure tbe , great me** of con»*m*n throogb tb* , , (oanlry molt cencnr in Ih* propotad remedy, or it will be iaeffeclatl. But the t ( people nt largo ara intelligent cnoogh , ( nod ready enough to remedy a political , evil, when once lhair altealioa to it Is • , erousad. They w*re *oifl enough to pal ( , down thn rebellion at whetevrr sacrifice; | will they be any lee* swift to chaapeo t , their oea bread nod butter whoa they have once lanroed how ?" , "3. If the subject matter of **tortioa l ia dremad iodispaaaabl*, aad oo *ubsti- \ . late is available, (at th* quaotaa ussd be ] , an email oa possible. A reduction of 01*. | . third or oao-htlf in tba demand for aay , , articl* woald caare tha eolltpaa of maay * , spacalntie* bubble. , "3. So for a* in powiblr, let coasomtr < sod producer d»*l with reck other. Both ! , , Will b* th* gaintre. In respect to maat ; ! cammodities, a* thing* an bow, lhare are i . ton many go between*, each of wham 1 mast hav* his proflv, not only on what I s tha purchaser received, bat on all later- j t > veoir-g proflu. Bvea sappeciog each < I profit to bo reasonable, tb* aggregate at • Tb* hoof prodeeer ia Illtsai* ramvas rev. j , a* ovate par fioead; tha baaf area* ia : ; Nose Tack boa to pay foar timet aavaa. , wo. ra.e mm 1 1 aa^trre-rysi: «.*** ,*7! j 1

Odd* and End*. i —A fow year* aiocs, near the city of j ; N_, in Cnooecticat, lived end preochrd I old Parson B . who waa a bit exeilaI bl* nud iivae sighted. One day he had | been to the city wi'h his horse, and among j hi* purchase* w*> u bugrl uf flour, tb* head of which was partially oel. ! Oo the w*y bom*, th* old man w»' ' i ovrrt*k*o and pa'*»d by a.'asl young nisi,, : driving a fast bor.#, .nd petting on : "modi" air*. Now, the parson'* bore# waa usually a quiet. Heady-going animal enough, but b* eotildu'l vucit that »ort ol , Ihirg; so Ii* Marled after him of tb* fast The jolting of tbe wagon at for gib barrel, end the strong wind which was : blowing directly after the person, blew • tbe flqpr ell over him end the bors*. At i tbe fust young ni*n wa* left, and the | village reached ; but the speed of tba borto ! hi* deacon*, who wa* naturally surprised and sigoilled bim to Hop. " Why, Parana B ," Mid be," what \ north is the matter? You seem greatly excited." . " Excited !" yelled tb* old man ; "ex. | cited ! Who wouldn't be excitrd-iaow I norm ia July. Get up, Doobio 1" ; Tb* deecon imifod, t ot wee ilfont. — A tell Eastern girl, aemed Kborl loug loved a certain big Mr. Little, while | little tbioking or Short, loved a | lii lie lass named Long. To make a long l story sbori, Little opposed to Long, eod i Short longed to be even witb Little's shortcomings. So Short, mealing Lcog, ! threatended to marry Little before long, I which caused Littl* in « short time to mur- | ry Lon^. Query — Did mil Short lov# big Litlfoless, because Little loved Long ! A Tough Witness. The following ia not fat behind the celebrated "Cousin Sally Diltiard" ens# : Action fur work And labor done in cot- i ling n ditch on defendant's land. Pl»n : "Payment nod **t off io bacon tad corn ' meal." Pltniiff's soa on th* tUnd- Recollects j tb* ditching perfectly, bat leems to forget | all about tb* becou. | "Yoa say yoer daddy did all the work ? I)o you know wbat be got for it?" inquired attorney for the deleudanl. "He got nothing for it, a* I ever heard : on, that'* what he never got," aniwered . tbe wiloeu. "Don't yoor daddy get coro and bacon tb* defendant io pay for ditching !" "Never heard of hi* getting co coro hor "What did your daddy and family live ' on la*t Manner ?"

"Villein, mostly." ' "What tort of vletonls?" "Well, meat and bread, end sometimes whieky." "Well, where did ho got that meat nod I bread?" "Wall, flret from onn and then from 1 MOlhor," "Did ho oot got aom# of it from th* d«- j fendtnl?" "He mought." "I know tbet be mought, bot did he : that'* the qoeitfoD ?" "Well, be mought, and th.-o, yon know, ' he moaghtn't." - With considerable excitement, and in < tone* of thonder . "Ao***r thi* question, ahd no more of this trifling with your onth. Did your daddy, or did he aot, get corn and bacon from tb* defendant for ditching f • "Well, now, hn niooght; it didn't oc- ! ■ curred "nnctly, yookoow." Hero fait Honor interposed, and with n , * learn, judicial frown, tdd rested tb* witUse wiao . "Witnere, you mutt oniwor tbt quos- t tloo, qtlh* Court will b* compelled to deal with yoo. Can't yoa »ey ye* or no?" "jf reckon." •Wall, than nnnw.r je* or no. Did, ' ! or diVwot, yoor daddy got corn or bacon ■ Ik* defoodanl tt th* lima referred to?" inquired tbe Com. Wits***, now fully oromd, and eon ecioo* of htl danger; "Well, Judge, I ceu't ednectly rrmem- , you know, neein' an kow .It'n all dun , been gone and oat np, bol "— planting , firmly, an on* determined to oot , with it— "loth* boat of myr raekerfock- | •bun, If my memory eervos me right, he , ! mooght, and then ngnln be moaghtn't," , I The plaotiffnavod kin bacon. Vnrdiel , accordingly. , | Th* Lmmgh of Wwmun. ' A woman hu ne nntnrel gift more bej aching than n sweet lnogb. It in lik* j th# sound or floteo oo th* water*. It teapt ' t from bar lo a elemrvpwkliog rill ; ood th* 1 hom that ha.ro it brie ne if batbod in ' j th* eori. exhilarating npriog. Hov* yoo ' ' porMH on torn fogHivo through 1 j tree*. Ud oa by a fairy laogh — oow hare, ' oow thoro, sow loot, oow fond? W. 1 I h«vo brex, riniie porsriog thri wan 1 i Wfloo tokhto day. fiamodmo. it , ' c—s U • fo Ho wiid*t of ear*, or .or- i ' ^ row. or hkoowa bono—, and than ■* 1 m mo n^g (ho «oii tfini U tho Ori. ''

Report ol Hit' srert'tury ol' (litif KMJ- ^ Secretary Well, s has awakened and i given os a live report of his depsrtnirul — * and satisfactory resolis. Rriufuiog ru- , pi ly from jrar to p»ar# W* look naturally lor a forge redaction la our natal e.l#li. , mad# n. ftr jWrt a aav.l p—,.. I progtyssed Willi gigantic atn-lea iu tha h necoesoty . a t( |. ndid navy r. mviii. T: # , rebellion bar# loco within th* past yoor „ sold and returned lo the man-hunt e#r vie. ■ „ tha di-partitionl relainius; a -uUcioul ouuiher of ships of nil k;||d^lu^Ure p .rpua#- , dred. To* p. n.i«o food atwounls lo$ll. iSn.OINt. hating t.«.-o increased $2,7(111, unu during Ih# year. Tb# #x|>«nuilur#s of lb# ' oaisoot lo 823.aSh.436. * Tb* d*slin*liun nod strength or lb* sev- ' oral squamosa ara matters of much mini - by Admiral Uoldsborvogb. consul, of ten * ships, cany ing one handr.d and tbirtmn ■ ; guns, aud cruises uloag the aesi cuoni jsf-' ' Europe uod Africa as for south us Si. " Paul de L'canuo, taking iu th« Menil-r-rairat and Brine Seas, and nailing f ou> " ; Syria nod Turkey, reuuuding thee# s*mi- ' ' krrps her Many flag afloat upon all lb# , j waU-is ol tb* glob*, tbe emblem and lb# a safeguard of program aud Ireedoro. Th* ' of Alrlca aud Asm. it consists of eight 1 ibips, certyiug s*v*nty.«lght guns, aud is ^ j command*.! by itear Admiral Bell. Willi- < advanced civilian tion is gradually creep1 ! log. Tba Noilb Atlantic squndroa. oudur 1 ' | th* care uf Rear Admiral Palmer, bus j Charge of 111* West India islands, atiwro 1 . American interests are clueely involved. It contains bill »* ships, with otto hundred r and Ihirly-bva guns. 1 keSoaili Atlantic . squodre* sweep* th* eaetvru coast ui ' j South Aiuvricn and round the Cap* to lb* eultrro coast of Alrics, meetiug the j patrol of 111* European squadfbD at St. '

| Pnal do Lvaodo. This is cboiidanUnd by ! | Admiral liodon, aod consisU oi eight ves- j s*is aud sevnuty five guos. la the North ' Pacific Rear Admiral Thatcher has ten ! J vessels, carrying on* hundred uud twenty- ' I two goos, bat lor tbe past year ttaeif mute- . nunte were confined to visiting lb* Batm- I ' | nick Islands and vsiioas pull* io Ceuiral < America nod Acapalco, tuoniog op ucca- | sionally to Pogvi's Sound lo look alter | our lulcreiU io that quarter, coareyiug | Queen Eiuu.a to Hobolulx uod making j surveys of that porUoo ol the Pacific j Ocean. Th* cosil line from Panama lo . Cap* Huib and reaching as far io to* 1 I A o tart i c direction oa th* British colony ; i oT Australia, is known as thy bouta Paci. j 1 lie squadron, composed of s«v#o vessels, , ; currying MVaolyou* guos,rec*uyly placed | uudur coma. and of Rear Admiral llelgreu j Tha Uulf sqeaorno, which Cunrmodorv . Win. low (uuiuiAiuis, bos aupvtvisiop^ ol lis nam* tcggcsls, of lha Cutl ul Mexico, ' . and cunsisu ol tenets. rirT *nh eeveutyfour (Bob. All llpr sqaaiiioor TCgrth#', ! it muel ba odiuitted, put u very effectual I "girdle round ebuul the earth" and repre- I saot tbe American nation moet respect- i ably on lb* sen. Thu (secretary of th* Navy refora with j just pride to tba efficiency of our Monitor. ! ax sen going vessels, a* illustrated by the ' voyage of the Mouedoock round (Jap. i Horn to Han Francisco aod that of th# ' Miaalooomok lo Earopt. ' Among-many ' recommeodalions io bis report the most 1 important are lb* provisions for covered 1 dock* io the shipyards ; tbe parches* ol th# timber, which ha* beet nearly exby the ov cestui©, of the war ; dry 1 docks la oor navy yards ; the repair of lire yordi at Norfolk and Peosaoola, seiiou-lj j damaged daring the rebellion, and th* s. ( coring of a prapor place for th* eaf# knnp. j ' ieg of oar iron-etadi oow fyriag at Leago. 1 Island, near Philadelphin. 1 Tb* condition of our harbor defences , claims due attention. That they ore whel- - | ly Uadequate for oar protection io ca-e ' I of ■ foreign war has been repeatedly *a forced upon public attention, and it is u< | ba hoped that Congress oilluke the pel- , ter into enroott consideration. It appearj that the Boyd appointed to look into r ' euarmernrTtve.! .i ooawlufoctwry ewa- ' | elnnioo. and #* Uav elend for th. tin^- , > alnsa.t okaily dafooewfons, a* foe *. , j °»r principal poru at# c.acerned. ! »*0f»— »Aof b^vol.ry W.l^,' e.mmooit.tiow that «v Na. J Ag-fomy , , lAfiti ev-^J Mf If-W tfioxld ba -I'M ' ,

on for lb* nx-rehisnl mnrin*. as ami us <1 thu navy. W« u#*d g od .-.men r < " every branch dl III# eei vice. Tb. fi-blng > flret off the N#W F.nsrluud C «S-t ha. b.lh. 1 menship-, i s', tin* is n neiiooal qs-Miu#, c barren* weak lor noy ai-prep-leliou for " ur# not i-xhnu.teu. Lpiw ib«8ab. fo tfo1 sntiifectory .onU.uon litter eating to llousekeeisem. t V S"»l variety ol d..l nr. uunr. u «■') for brenklnst. Lul >» Ib.l «hu"j * . nerv-d. Coke* eicKte-e or sim# ctb.r j hill* time and as littl* of the fir# should Jk* noil pr .iH-q ul bunsben* vf tu# day. on oatraoruteory siooa.aibn. lb. reguui g fi b, broiled Onu., .(gr, sue w.nued oi-i , There is u very important puint h-'W- , ever, tu which little ailention is paid, and that It frail. "Kroit," souh the old pr.- , verb, "u golden m to* luorurog. elites ai , r 1 noon eod lead at D'ghl." yet II Is only el . aighl that in thu coeutry a. rat it wit nt , , part of a meal. Tbt* is wiong. I'roil te , a most valuable part y! food ; it cannot be , loo highly vAliuiated. More iiuit, with less Aefor.lui and Itch greasy eolupouo-r, . 1 likr, would tuku away the occupation ol ( half tb* doctorv,.*ad reduce nonduif..lly . ' ! pfoiute. * ' * " <"U'" ' l

| A distinguished physician bos said ll.nl . f one ur l»u tart Me.siua uruogo# *«..# , - b*,ur» br«»k last doping the three spring , I doubteoly be as nilaciuul .1 tb.y »<#> _ | uf pork nod uiel'-ed buttei oo hot cakua , j i. duu.it doling IbalUui*. Tiro ruio aUuuld. . , t'C to have flesh frail ou thu labia ev.iy , r Uieroiug as loug on it Is.te, uod thru u , j preparation ol Ui led, canned, or preset An. . ( HOIU, e.eiall luVe.tu.eot ol Uu.v.jel y ; t . aud that lu.ita fruit lor ore.sia.i will uut , , i ext. netted, uno you begn. tu tireol applrs 1 aud tba copimoo Urieu varivlrei. _ j A very taluabie eujunct to ihu Isrruk. ' j fast table l> the lulnalu ; highly pi.I u n. | , It is, it. edll.irahle inudicibal qua. .lie.- si. | only Jupi brgiuung io bo oi.coiei.uJ ' , ! i'luvideutfilly It is to cb-op uud gi*u< . ; »o readily uod prufu-oly'lbM ih . puutefl . p.-reou cau loxur .l- iu us excoidarr •• i I oeu.nt Irom out bring able Iu destroy a- 1 Juno* nub buuei aud uo usee... «f condi. i 'i'umaloes ure ao almost sovereigu cure c j <1>»1'«'P'IA, aud should lro on tha tel.,.-. 11 j raw or cooked, the yv.r rooud. i'.redu. " ' tb.ur io any form-sliced wub . I.iile 1 1 peppur, twli, uod vinegar, ntewed, bak. d, •» or even fresh from tba viae*. Tts* leesl 1 nod generally ike least prialnUle mod* of aerviug them is nwenleoed, oi * cooked wilh eng-.tr. * Mush, homiay, wbeutru gr.ts, or son..dtnh of that SOTl. should be Ir. qaer.lly ' seen upon the break lest, tabl-. Hecb foou '' isexcellruiforcbiidr-n, andeouu becufnae ' j Very palatable end highly e.leemtJ by u : a ru a 0 persons. Monoier, if It fo " *at#i. w'.en first boiled, it is not waM.d, ' I ii is ju«t it good Ivied or o> ed *• a I. .a s c I lor grid./!# ruk-'S. I le auore faadiies.wnr*. >oda b icui: lo " braakfotl, is Ik* regular Ikrag ; tbu in eery | I" bartfdl. UooJ h..mo mao* br> id, not qwit* ' a • fresh, le best. F reorn bread, Waged -the , y day before, B*Xlb.M;guuu baaei'a l-l-l. ! , third beet. For a ctwnt#, er-rm *utn 1 * : bread, dr J..bnay-e.b# rent b# n ad# f .i I 11 break a*!, lie# Oakea or Wiflee, and, If hi# ceil*. B.ek# tb.m rrem t:.# i,.- i . o,.,,!. ' ' mfited evar nigm, abectrawd nttU * u-n» ' C 1 beiier. : # H'kra the spring waltr-cre>s#< com# u. , . ihet* .bonld b, tfaaektrfos-Ss. P,|* Ike* ! ' *-.-|-, . #,g. bwlredM-'l.-air. »j„ « , bam aod MroM bwyro. ffo.*.!

Hi-purt of lire Kocretary of the Interior. Th# report of the Secretory *f the la* ; tenor wn.br ices a number of tuggaalioBi' and r#rcnint..andaih>na of gredt Interest ■ n -I value ia rniin#rlion with the gwnarei "■ — A.-f >h.' .fopaltmeni. As regard* '!.# . I l.o land . w- find it tinted that tf • . !■ - 1 In .ere* ..fl'-r. d lor sal# daring U L ...I year enuing June 30, i$66. • ..-'9 3f.- '7 b»tehnnB disposed 01. Th. e-a-h rre-.pis It on. aafoa aud oibar aoaroaa i art# $#24,623. In lha nuinbwr of Aomeibao aisiy par cent of. r that uf last > year— a greiiiying evidence uf Ih* aouud- . I. -re of th- chaug* of policy which coafara . op.,o the .enter sp.cial pruilvgeS. A speedy adjustment vf clniinn to land • Hauled iu.Npw Mexico aod Arixgun, and I daiiei b-l wveii New M-xicuwod Colorado . And Nevada and California, are rtcom- - mended. Thele ore waiters which tboald " h" longer left unsullied for lha take ...or# ur i#>- uffected by lh«m. Io thin ci.nun-liuo it in also urged thai C'ongreu • liuuld make prompt provision for ihu di(ui. . It bi'li.t.g i„ the guvera.uaal, a* wall ' Wl.ieli iLey cuniBiu. Aa lb* eXploraUsa ' and nt.ikiiig of lb#..# mines by ludividapl Tjfc""*' il,# Svcrotory vnry pro-te-TVJ aieu.uva thai our In^ieUlida ihuaia 1 IM> in some tfxleut controlled by lb* ox1 "ai# tb# lenmuinte re.uiu uf our policy ' I h# e.iimn o for p. arioos for the next - fi-cnl y ear le 33,INMl,00tre Many ratereiting lacte ara given uudvr lb s bend. — riamuel Duwn.ugoi Haraing* county, New York, Is tbe only suivrring nuldter uf the , 4i«vuiulioo. Ul tbu wiuuwt ul revulatiuoa.y .oldie. • lli# uam.a Ul flbl stlii ap- " penr on tb# pen. mo IU I.. Ul peusiuoern d..«ui#u i.. tb# w.re pre flue* to ib. re1.147. In# aggregate BUiaber of 0*w luu ii li. during lau test Bneal y ear wan I'A'Jl. aud U# total of army peusione'rn ■I >11 t'teM.. .i»l.d.Og«SB to* lUl Mil. ci#»v, 12i,..d'J ill na nuuual aggregate of $11,113,122. 1)1 n*vy invalid peueuinef# pajntem *261,332. lu CBOMretluu wilh th. I'.tvnt Office no.ne riapor.nol nugge.tiMu nr. made, wsica trie ruteiust ui tun public ak well ae lake into t un-id«ral|bo. I be no inner uf

■ paU otki©,7i6).tsuud during tbe p. si year j Uu the subyucl uf tue progress of oor ru.ltu.id cuoueciioue nun In# Pacific lb* u.#u.. nu ol ibe report «* uioel ralm- ■ waru "lib ail pue*ibl* rapldl y.Mte) (Bar# #v#ry r#»,„o wotfCrput Jat ,nn line, am o# cumptguid nud .(^Hsra.ugroer b. .or# Ibu «»pir.u#n elA pet,Uu nu.d uy o.t btM.,t,UI. ibu.uciilr. uunev„,i^KroB.te,ge. c.Uc .Villi sad Territurids, aod tboraby n#lp lu r.li.v. u. Iron, the incubus of ciputtuo tbni way ira-uunbiy be indulged Every oody'. Uu Mr urns. yuuug rudy abuul tu b« orariied, Builhnra iiri. ee upon our ear a chorus of her liien.is, uVu-mgibnt gha is abuatto throw ..ei -elf away upon a man .ho I. wholly unworthy of ber. and Wondetlug what sb# possibly .#c in bim in Jotiify her ia making au cuofuiuos nucriflc*. Bo, when n.au ai arrie*, all bte fneada agree that in-y ere terribly dbappumied ib idk wrfr. I'"#V did ih.uk tbet poor, dear old Hoj 40d.su would nave made * batter choice, j Bat bere has h# goa# aod mairivd a wo.u.u wuo r-u't guud.|u..kiug, who kaiu'l any u.uuey, wbu doesn't uu ersiaud l.fas, aho can't appreciate hiSu, wbn, aic., etc. — al.ogef ber a lung bill ol indicitasaut •geiost III* lady, simply boc.ves* Bba baa dear, eld a^eud-arimmffe, and a frieod w..om hi. olb#r friend* owa'i Ir-eno. wnb. A.-d ia lb*M caeee, it ■hould be uoted, lb# fi lands uf th* Wit# -r busbaud era only ul accord iu tkrir C. >m*w aalagoniam lo lb* object of tbe '-iter . xp.-es.iou #f this, tb.y afok, tern, pwfkrtfy, tb# o;b»r differraco# afiaiiog t oug MO disiutug tb.Bi ; Ibey ore #aiy #'#». u Oop-l#.# dsecwrd pre v alia .uteng a*»te^ , •Yuir.ua ... ..yrarog ir^aJiM, hie. h-rswfci ba.dy uut for the *Uet'a